Gardens · London
Compass Centre
Compass Centre — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
David Howard — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
Compass Centre is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Compass Centre is an office building on the grounds of Heathrow Airport in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The building serves as Heathrow Airport Holdings's head office. Compass Centre previously served as a British Airways flight crew centre.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Compass Centre was originally conceived as speculative offices for Lynton plc, which was the property development division of Heathrow Airport Limited. British Airways was a prospective but not necessarily a sole tenant. The airline decided to consolidate its scattered operations into the Compass Centre. In August 1992 on-site construction began. The building was completed 15 months later. When Heathrow Terminal 5 opened on 27 March 2008, British Airways staff, including crew check-in staff, relocated from the Compass Centre to Terminal 5. A refurbishment of the head office was completed in September 2009, after Heathrow Airport Limited (then BAA) moved into the building. On 5 March…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4809, -0.4689
- District
- Hillingdon
- Parish
- Hillingdon, unparished area
- Postcode
- TW6 2FB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hayes and Harlington
Sources
- wikidata: Q5156084 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Compass Centre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Compass Centre?
- Compass Centre is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4809°, -0.4689°.
- Who designed Compass Centre?
- Compass Centre was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw.